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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
.\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2004,2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2006,2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
.\" *
.\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a *
.\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the *
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
.\" authorization. *
.\"***************************************************************************
.\"
-.\" $Id: toe.1m,v 1.20 2006/12/24 17:20:37 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: toe.1m,v 1.21 2008/01/05 20:57:16 tom Exp $
.TH @TOE@ 1M ""
.ds n 5
.ds d @TERMINFO@
@@ -37,10 +37,14 @@
.br
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
-With no options, \fBtoe\fR lists all available terminal types by primary name
-with descriptions. File arguments specify the directories to be scanned; if no
-such arguments are given, your default terminfo directory is scanned. If you
-also specify the \fB-h\fR option, a directory header will be issued as each
+With no options,
+\fBtoe\fR lists all available terminal types by primary name
+with descriptions.
+File arguments specify the directories to be scanned; if no
+such arguments are given,
+your default terminfo directory is scanned.
+If you also specify the \fB-h\fR option,
+a directory header will be issued as each
directory is entered.
.PP
There are other options intended for use by terminfo file maintainers:
@@ -50,16 +54,25 @@ report on all of the terminal databases which ncurses would search,
rather than only the first one that it finds.
.TP
\fB-u\fR \fIfile\fR
-says to issue a report on dependencies in the given file. This report condenses
-the `use' relation: each line consists of the primary name of a terminal that
-has use capabilities, followed by a colon, followed by the
+says to write a report to the standard output,
+listing dependencies in the given terminfo/termcap source file.
+The report condenses the `use' relation:
+each line consists of the primary name of a terminal that
+has use capabilities,
+followed by a colon,
+followed by the
whitespace-separated primary names of all terminals which occur in those use
-capabilities, followed by a newline
+capabilities,
+followed by a newline
.TP
\fB-U\fR \fIfile\fR
-says to issue a report on reverse dependencies in the given file. This report
-reverses the `use' relation: each line consists of the primary name of a
-terminal that occurs in use capabilities, followed by a colon, followed by the
+says to write a report to the standard output,
+listing reverse dependencies in the given terminfo/termcap source file.
+The report reverses the `use' relation:
+each line consists of the primary name of a
+terminal that occurs in use capabilities,
+followed by a colon,
+followed by the
whitespace-separated primary names of all terminals which depend on it,
followed by a newline.
.TP
@@ -70,7 +83,8 @@ The optional parameter \fIn\fR is a number from 1 to 10,
interpreted as for \fB@TIC@\fR(1M).
.TP
\fB-V\fR
-reports the version of ncurses which was used in this program, and exits.
+reports the version of ncurses which was used in this program,
+and exits.
.SH FILES
.TP 5
\fB\*d/?/*\fR
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